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2015-02-26 Workshop: run-on sentences, punctuation

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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. [email protected]
  3. http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
  4. ---
  5. 1 My mother, father, and sister are coming to dinner tonight.
  6.  
  7. 2 I like learning English, but it makes me tired.
  8. I like learning English. However, it makes me tired.
  9.  
  10. 3 My sister was taller than me when we were young, but now I am the tallest. It is fun. (one sentence about height, one sentence about fun)
  11. My sister was taller than me when we were young. However, now I am the tallest and it is fun. (one sentence about when we were young, one sentence about now)
  12. ---
  13. Homework: Finish the paper. We will check the rest tomorrow.
  14. 4 I love school and I love learning because my teacher is nice.
  15. I love school and learning because...
  16.  
  17. 5 I don't want much for Christmas--just some chocolates and a little toy car.
  18. I don't want much for Christmas. I just want some chocolates and a little toy car.
  19.  
  20. 6 Blue is my favorite color. It is the color of the sky and the sea and it reminds me of my favorite insect, which is the butterfly.
  21. ...the color of the sky, the sea, and my favorite insect, which is the butterfly.
  22. Blue is my favorite color because it reminds me...
  23. Blue is my favorite color. It is the color of the sky and the sea. It reminds me of my favorite insect, which is the butterfly.
  24.  
  25. 7 When I get older, I want to have a big family because I like big families.
  26. When I get older, I want to have a big family. I like big families.
  27.  
  28. 8 We usually leave at 11, but today is different because we are leaving at 10.
  29.  
  30. 9 I like Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In addition, I like Fridays because...
  31. ... Also, I like Fridays because... / ... I also like Fridays because...
  32.  
  33. 10 We should get moving because there's no time to waste.
  34. We should get moving. There's no time to waste.
  35.  
  36. In addition,... / However,... / Also,... / After that,... (transitions)
  37.  
  38. NO COMMA AFTER because / and / but / so / when / etc.
  39. ---
  40. Punctuation Names
  41.  
  42. /full stop ("point" in numbers, "dot" in websites)
  43. " quotation marks
  44. ? question mark
  45. ! exclamation mark
  46. -- dash (example: I don't want much--just a toy car.)
  47. - hyphen (example: a 10-year-old child)
  48. : colon
  49. ; semicolon
  50. ( ) parentheses
  51. ' apostrophe (example: don't, I'm, can't, Greg's, my teacher's)
  52. ---
  53. Optional homework: On one page of English text, circle all the punctuation.
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